When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked, ‘Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you? ’ Then he said to them, ‘You know the sort and their ranting.’
Hosea 9:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognise it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your iniquity and hostility. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The days of visitation and punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is [considered] a crazed fool and the man who is inspired is [treated as if] mad or a fanatic, because of the abundance of your iniquity and because the enmity, hostility, and persecution are great. [Luke 21:22.] American Standard Version (1901) The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great. Common English Bible The days of punishment have come; the days of judgment have arrived; Israel cries, “The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad!” Because of your great wickedness, your rejection of me is great. Catholic Public Domain Version The days of visitation have arrived; the days of retribution are here. Know this, Israel: that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, because of the multitude of your iniquities and the great extent of your foolishness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The days of visitation are come, the days of repaying are come: know ye, O Israel, that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude of thy madness. |
When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked, ‘Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you? ’ Then he said to them, ‘You know the sort and their ranting.’
What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Lord, your hand is lifted up to take action, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame. Let fire consume your adversaries.
For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying back Edom for its hostility against Zion.
who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness;
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.’
I will first repay them double for their iniquity and sin because they have polluted my land. They have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their abhorrent and detestable idols.’
Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.” ’
“The Lord has appointed you priest in place of the priest Jehoiada to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.
Even her mercenaries among her are like stall-fed calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee; they will not take their stand, for the day of their calamity is coming on them, the time of their punishment.
They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially, claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
They have treated the brokenness of my dear people superficially, claiming, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
Your prophets saw visions for you that were empty and deceptive; , they did not reveal your iniquity and so restore your fortunes. They saw pronouncements for you that were empty and misleading.
‘ “Since they have led my people astray by saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and since when a flimsy wall is being built, they plaster it with whitewash,
This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
I will execute severe vengeance against them with furious rebukes. They will know that I am the Lord when I take my vengeance on them.” ’
I will display my greatness and holiness, and I will reveal myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
But as for me, I will not show pity or spare them. I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.’
Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment; I announce what is certain among the tribes of Israel.
Though they offer sacrificial gifts , and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
Ephraim’s watchman is with my God. Yet the prophet encounters a bird trap on all his pathways. Hostility is in the house of his God!
He asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos? ’ I replied, ‘A basket of summer fruit.’ , The Lord said to me, ‘The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.
If a man comes and utters empty lies – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’ – he would be just the preacher for this people!
The best of them is like a briar; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.
Her prophets are reckless – treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction.
When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, ‘He’s out of his mind.’
because these are days of vengeance to fulfil all the things that are written.
For if we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger.